Singer, stage actress, and musical singer Melba Moore was born Beatrice Melba Smith on October 29, 1945, in New York City. The daughter of Detroit bandleader, Ted Hill, Moore was raised by mother, Gertrude Melba Smith and stepfather, Clement Leroy Moorman, also professional musicians. As a youth, Moore’s passion was dancing, however, when her stepfather made her take piano lessons, she began to admire jazz and blues pianists. Moore attended Newark, New Jersey’s Waverly Elementary School and Cleveland Junior High School. After graduating from the High School of Performing Arts, she enrolled in Montclair State Teachers College. Later, Moore went on to earn her B.A. degree in music.
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Calling all singers and musicians! Be ready as we make plans to sing our praises during our family worship services, and for our family talent show. All are welcome!
If you have accomplishments and/or celebrations that you would like to share with the family please send notifications and pictures to: sundaycelebration.yfr@gmail.com. We want to share your joy with the family (i.e., marriages, births, birthdays, graduations, promotions, publications, etc.) Your accomplishment/celebration will be featured in the souvenir booklet for the reunion and/or special video presentation on Saturday night. Our desire is that everyone will be acknowledged, so don’t wait to pass that information along to the Souvenir Booklet Committee Chair, James “Rusty” Spencer at souvenirjournal.yfr@gmail.com.